It has been a long time since I had spent a few minutes photographing a particular underground station, I have always liked to do it because I get attractive angles and these places are good for composing with geometry, symmetry, lines and much more.
This was something spontaneous and without any planning so I didn't have my camera with me but my phone. While I was travelling I was thinking that when I started in photography I used to take pictures in the stations and trains and that I should take it again, I got off at Catalinas station of the E line and I stayed there for several minutes taking these pictures that I now share with you.
Hace bastante tiempo que no dedicaba unos minutos a fotografiar alguna estaci贸n del subterr谩neo en especial, siempre me ha gustado hacerlo porque consigo 谩ngulos atractivos y estos lugares son buenos para componer con geometr铆a, simetr铆a, l铆neas y mucho m谩s.
Esto fu茅 algo espont谩neo y sin planificaci贸n alguna por lo que no llevaba mi c谩mara conmigo pero si mi tel茅fono. Mientras viajaba estaba pensando en que cuando me inici茅 en la fotograf铆a sol铆a hacer fotos en las estaciones y a los trenes y que deber铆a retomarlo, baj茅 en la estaci贸n Catalinas de la l铆nea E y me qued茅 varios minutos all铆 tomando 茅stas fotos que ahora les comparto.
It's possible that for some people a station is just that... a station but I imagine many things and I always see it from a cinematographic style (like almost everything 馃ぃ), that's why I have given it these tones in the edition, a little darker in terms of tones and lighting something like a Moody style, I think it makes it look more interesting.
I know that in many occasions it is not strictly necessary to have a professional camera at hand to get good shots, that's why I have no problem taking pictures with my phone as other aspects are also important.
This next picture I like very much for example, I could interpret or visualize some symmetry in this staircase, you can see lines on both sides and the long purple sign with the name of the station, also that lady sitting there adds a singular touch.
Es posible que para algunas personas una estaci贸n sea solo eso... una estaci贸n pero yo le imagino muchas cosas y siempre lo veo desde un estilo cinematogr谩fico (como casi todo 馃ぃ), es por eso que le he dado estos tonos en la edici贸n, un poco m谩s oscuros en cuanto a tonos e iluminaci贸n algo como un estilo Moody, creo que lo hace ver m谩s interesante.
S茅 que en muchas ocasiones no es estrictamente necesario tener a la mano una c谩mara profesional para conseguir buenas tomas, por esto no tengo problemas en tomar fotos con mi tel茅fono ya que otros aspectos son tambi茅n importantes.
脡sta siguiente foto me gusta much铆simo por ejemplo, podr铆a interpretar o visualizar algo de simetr铆a en esta escalera, se puede ver l铆neas de ambos lados y el largo cartel violeta con el nombre de la estaci贸n, adem谩s esa se帽ora sentada all铆 le agrega un toque singular.
Another thing I like to do here is to try with low angles, placing the camera or the phone at ground level, this way I get another perspective of the place but on second thought it would have looked better if the train was parked there at that moment, maybe I should have waited a bit longer.
Otra de las cosas que me gusta hacer ac谩 es probar con 谩ngulos bajos, colocando la c谩mara o el tel茅fono al ras del piso, de esta forma consigo otra perspectiva del lugar pero pens谩ndolo bien hubiese quedado mejor si el tren estuviese estacionado all铆 en ese momento, quiz谩s deb铆 esperar un poco m谩s.
Another aspect, style, genre or I don't know how to call it, that has generated enthusiasm and interest in me is photographing "details", these details are things that at first glance don't seem important enough to dedicate a photo to but if we try they could give good results, I'm not referring to these photos in specific haha but generally speaking yes.
A padlock? Yes, a padlock... I don't know what would be special about this photo but if it is I hope the observer tells me 馃槄
Otro aspecto, estilo, g茅nero o no se c贸mo llamarlo, que me ha generado entusiasmo e inter茅s es fotografiar "detalles", estos detalles duelen ser cosas que a simple vista no nos parecen importantes como para dedicarle una foto pero si intentamos podr铆an dar buenos resultados, no me refiero a est谩s fotos en espec铆fico jaja pero hablando de forma general s铆.
驴Un candado? Si, un candado... No s茅 que ser铆a lo especial de esta foto pero s铆 lo es espero que el observador me lo diga 馃槄
Caution! Another picture of anything 馃ぃ and why not? This was there because some employees were doing maintenance and cleaning of the station, so it had to be signposted as a precaution, so as it is part of the station at that moment you have to take a picture of it.
隆Atenci贸n! Otra foto de cualquier cosa 馃ぃ y 驴Por qu茅 no? Esto estaba all铆 porque algunos empleados estaban haciendo mantenimiento y limpieza de la estaci贸n, as铆 que obligatoriamente hab铆a que se帽alizar por precauci贸n, as铆 que como forma parte de la estaci贸n en ese momento hay que tomarle una foto.
Here is one of the walls with two signs, one that indicates which station you are in and the sign on the other side that indicates which are all the stations of that line and which station you are in.
I have decided to take some photos of this series like this one for example using the phone in portrait mode, this way it is possible to get images with out of focus backgrounds as if it was a fixed focal lens, a 35mm, 50mm or 85mm only that the distance of these phones is much smaller, I think 18mm, if I'm wrong you can correct me.
This is just a piece of information for anyone who might be interested 馃槂
Ac谩 uno de los muros con dos carteles, uno que indica en que estaci贸n est谩s y el cartel del otro lado que indica cu谩les son todas las estaciones de esa l铆nea y que estaci贸n te ubicas.
He decidido tomar algunas fotos de esta serie como esta por ejemplo usando el tel茅fono en modo retrato, de esta forma es posible conseguir im谩genes con fondos desenfocados c贸mo si se tratase de un lente de focal fija, un 35mm, 50mm o 85mm solo que la distancia de estos tel茅fonos es mucho menor, creo que de 18mm, si me equivoco pueden corregirme.
脡ste es solo un dato para quien le pueda interesar 馃槂
This is a general and complete map of the Buenos Aires underground, made up of 6 lines distributed in line A (light blue), line B (red), line C (dark blue), line D (green), line E (violet) and line H (yellow). All these lines connect all or almost all of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
This is a tiny way of getting to know the Buenos Aires underground and part of its facilities and stations.
脡ste es un mapa general y completo del subterr谩neo de Buenos Aires, conformado por 6 l铆neas distribuidas en l铆nea A (azul claro), l铆nea B (rojo), l铆nea C (azul oscuro), l铆nea D (verde), l铆nea E (violeta) y l铆nea H (amarillo). Todas estas l铆neas conectan a toda o casi toda la ciudad aut贸noma de Buenos Aires.
脡sta es una min煤scula forma de conocer el subterr谩neo de Buenos Aires y parte de sus instalaciones y estaciones.
This is what Catalinas station on the E line looks like, it is located in the Retiro neighbourhood and is one of the stations that opened in recent years on this line.
If you liked these photos, don't hesitate to leave me a comment and to those of you who have taken the time to stop by, thank you. A big hug to all of you and have a great day and weekend 馃槉
As铆 luce la estaci贸n Catalinas de la l铆nea E, se encuentra ubicada en el barrio de Retiro y es una de las estaciones que abrieron estos 煤ltimos a帽os en esta l铆nea.
Si te han gustado 茅stas fotos no dudes en dejarme un comentario y a quienes hayan dedicado algo de su tiempo en pasar por ac谩, les agradezco. Un abrazo para todos y que tengan un excelente d铆a y fin de semana 馃槉
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